A new study published in the journal of Alzheimer’s & Dementia found that high blood pressure during midlife is strongly associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life, particularly vascular dementia, while hypertension during pregnancy appears to have little impact on long-term cognitive health. This study examined health data from 1,363,457 women with a […]
USA: A secondary analysis of two randomized clinical trials found that conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) alone and CEE plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) reduced vasomotor symptoms (VMS) without raising ASCVD risk in postmenopausal women aged 50–59. However, in women aged 70 and older with VMS, ASCVD risks increased. Findings support HT use in women 50–59, caution […]
Indore: Following an incident where a passenger was bitten by a rat while waiting for his flight to Bengaluru at Indore airport, authorities have removed an on-duty doctor for his alleged insensitive behaviour, officials said. A man travelling from Indore to Bengaluru was bitten by a rat on Tuesday in the departure area of the airport. […]
Mindfulness meditation may help people struggling with concurrent depression and Internet gaming disorder, according to a study. Guang-Heng Dong and colleagues treated 59 people with depression and Internet gaming disorder (IGD)-which is characterized by excessive and dysregulated video game playing. About a third of people struggling with IGD also suffer from depression. For some, gaming […]
A study found that a 2% sweet vanilla scent effectively distracted children aged 7-9 years, reducing injection pain during infiltration anesthesia for maxillary molars. The findings suggest that simple sensory interventions may help ease pediatric dental anxiety and discomfort. Published in Journal of Integrative & Complementary Medicine (Shadman et al., 2025), the randomized, double-blind, controlled […]
As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” designed by engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aims to optimize each stage of the process. The system uses a tiny camera and AI to detect the stage of […]
Patients who have a new type of lens implanted in their eyes during surgery for cataracts or to correct their eyesight have excellent or good vision over distances both near and far, and often no longer need spectacles for reading. Research presented today (Sunday) at the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and […]
Screening women with dense breasts with both molecular breast imaging (MBI) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) increased overall invasive cancer detection while modestly increasing the recall rate compared with screening only with DBT, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). “To our knowledge, […]
Canada: Dry eye syndrome (DES) emerges as a frequently overlooked extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Frontline Gastroenterology has revealed. The review, led by Bachviet Nguyen and colleagues from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, reveals that patients with IBD are at significantly higher risk of developing […]
A new study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology showed that as a non-invasive biomarker to distinguish between steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS), urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has great promise for supporting early diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment. Massive proteinuria (more than 40 mg/m^2 per hour) causes hypoalbuminemia (less […]